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I'm doing a 366 Day Photo Challenge, and am 150 days in! You can follow along on my PixelFed account.
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This week has been a real headache. For me, quite literally so. I have been dealing with some kind of tension headaches that have led to a lot of negativity and downtime when I'd rather be reading or relaxing.
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I had something that I wanted to write about podcasting for a long time, only accelerated by the announcement that Spotify bought the Joe Rogan podcast. It was inevitable, but also makes me wonder what is going to happen to the future of the medium. I still plan on getting these thoughts together in the future to share here.
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More important: Minneapolis. I don't have any deep insight to offer here, just solidarity with protesters here and around the country.
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Now onto the consumables for the week
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After last week's newsletter where I mentioned Robin Sloan's Atlantic story of a fictional set of remarks on the opening of The Conspiracy Museum, I read through the rest of the Shadowland series that the periodical put out.
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This would just be some sad story of capitalism run amok, were it not for an elected official touting the benefits of this digital snake oil. Hat tip to Chris Wiegman for this article.
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Capitalism generates security for the few and insecurity for the many. Digital technologies are making it worse.
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Not that Mastodon, my social media of choice, is perfect. But it does already exist as a better alternative to Twitter. And the founder pointed out that he is already located in Germany as a citizen.
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For something light, this song is rather catchy, and it's nice to see Melissa VillaseƱor go for a straightforward pop song and not have to make it about comedy just because she's known as a comedian.
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I use Signal for texting, and I hope that they do migrate to a different platform for gifs, regardless of if they can anonymize your usage in the app. Fuck Facebook.
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That's it for this week. Stay safe. I love you. š
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